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The rise, which will be confirmed when Mediabase issues its final airplay chart Sunday evening, comes in conjunction with a return to #1 on hot adult contemporary and an ascent to #1 at adult contemporary.<\/p>\n<p>The song commanded approximately 18,914 pop spins during the March 1-7 tracking week, which gives it a narrow edge over &#8220;Uptown Funk&#8221; (~18,759 spins).  At Hot AC, &#8220;Thinking Out Loud&#8221; reclaims its crown on the strength of ~7,294 spins.  &#8220;Uptown Funk&#8221; earned ~7,226 during the most recent tracking period.  Its AC victory is attributable to ~2,650 weekly spins; Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8220;Blank Space&#8221; holds #2 with ~2,613 spins.<\/p>\n<p>Other top five pop songs include Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8220;Style&#8221; (#3, ~17,782 weekly spins), which will hit #1 as early as next week, Pitbull&#8217;s &#8220;Time of Our Lives (featuring Ne-Yo)&#8221; (#4, ~15,521 weekly spins) and Maroon 5&#8217;s &#8220;Sugar&#8221; (#5, ~14,819 weekly spins).<\/p>\n<p>Other top five Hot AC songs include Maroon 5&#8217;s &#8220;Sugar&#8221; (#3, ~5,896 weekly spins), Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8220;Style&#8221; (#4, ~5,513 weekly spins) and Ella Henderson&#8217;s &#8220;Ghost&#8221; (#5, ~5,242 weekly spins).<\/p>\n<p>Other top five AC songs include Sam Smith&#8217;s &#8220;Stay with me&#8221; (#3, ~1,894 weekly spins), Nico and Vinz&#8217; &#8220;Am I Wrong&#8221; (#4, ~1,890 weekly spins) and Sam Smith&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;m Not the Only One&#8221; (#5, ~1,767 weekly spins).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[40,314,2817,176,3144,2429,3241,2092,1238,1819,145,3215],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ed Sheeran&#039;s &quot;Thinking Out Loud&quot; 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